Guide to '''Leigh, Lancashire family history and genealogy:''' parish register transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

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[[Image:St Mary's Church, Leigh.jpeg|thumb|right]]<br>

== Parish History ==

== Parish History ==

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LEIGH (St Mary), a market-town and '''parish''', and the head of a union, in the hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 46 miles south by southeast of Lancaster, comprising the separate parochial district chapel of Tyldesley cum Shakerley, as well the chapelries of Astley, Atherton, and Bedford, and the townships of Pennington and Westleigh. There are places of worship for '''Independents''', '''Wesleyan Methodists''', '''Roman Catholics''', and others.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51102#s5 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 62-65. Adapted. Date accessed: 01 July 2010.</ref>

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For a list of all chapels standing within this parish, see [[A Comprehensive List of Chapelries in Leigh Parish]].

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Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].

An extremely useful resource for research in Lancashire Parishes http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/<br>

==== Church records ====

==== Church records ====

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'''Online Records'''

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Leigh St Mary's parish registers&nbsp;and those registers of all of its smaller chapelries lying within its boundaries have been mostly transcribed and are displayed&nbsp;online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

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Leigh&nbsp;St Mary the Virgin's original'''&nbsp;'''parish registers are held at the Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, PR1 2RE as follows:

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{{British Census|306901}}

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==== Poor Law Unions ====

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[[Leigh, Lancashire Poor Law Union]]

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==== Probate records<br> ====

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|Lancashire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Lancashire Probate Records|Lancashire Probate Records]] to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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== Maps and Gazetteers<br> ==

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== Maps and Gazetteers<br> ==

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Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br>

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Parish History

LEIGH (St Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of West Derby, S. division of Lancashire, 46 miles south by southeast of Lancaster, comprising the separate parochial district chapel of Tyldesley cum Shakerley, as well the chapelries of Astley, Atherton, and Bedford, and the townships of Pennington and Westleigh. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyan Methodists, Roman Catholics, and others.[1]

Resources

Civil Registration

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Lancashire Online Parish Clerks

Church records

Online Records

Leigh St Mary's parish registers and those registers of all of its smaller chapelries lying within its boundaries have been mostly transcribed and are displayed online at the following web sites and ranges of years:

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Leigh St Mary the Virgin's originalparish registers are held at the Lancashire Record Office, Bow Lane, Preston, PR1 2RE as follows:

Census records

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library. The first film number is 306901.

Poor Law Unions

Probate records

Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Lancashire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.